Sponsor Seeks Separate CUHeadquarters

GREENSBURG, Pa. - (10/20/04) -- Allegheny Energy has asked localofficials for a zoning change for a three-acre plot it owns here toallow its employees' credit union, Allegheny Energy FCU, to build anew headquarters office. The proposal would allow the credit unionto have its own stand-alone offices, separate from its maincorporate sponsor. Officials with the corporate sponsor said thecompany needs more space at its offices here now that sponsor hasmoved its corporate headquarters here from Hagerstown, Md. Theproposed zoning change, from general residential district toneighborhood shopping district, will allow the $60 million creditunion to build a 5,482 square-foot office.